Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
- Absorbing Man (Carl "Crusher" Creel) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- The Jailer (Voice only)
Other Characters:
- Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin) (Main story and recap)
- Karnak (Referenced)
- Creel's mother (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
- Creel's father (Only in flashback)
- Ozzie (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- The Owl (Leland Owlsley) (Mentioned) (Mentioned)
- Loki (Main story and recap)
- Thor (Main story and recap)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Main story and recap)
- Wrecking Crew (Main story and recap)
- Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) (Main story and recap)
- Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) (Main story and recap)
- Piledriver (Brian Calusky) (Main story and recap)
- Bulldozer (Henry Camp) (Main story and recap)
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Main story and recap)
- Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Main story and recap)
- Galactus (Main story and recap)
- Molecule Man (Owen Reece) (Main story and recap)
- Titania (Mary MacPherran) (Main story and recap)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Main story and recap)
- Iron Man (Jim Rhodes) (Main story and recap)
- She-Hulk (Jen Walters) (Main story and recap)
- Ahura Boltagon (Mentioned)
- Kang the Conqueror (Ahura Boltagon) (Mentioned)
- Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards) (Mentioned)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Mentioned)
- Lockjaw
Races and Species:
- Inhumans (Main story and recap)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Asgardians (Main story and recap)
- Cosmic Beings (Main story and recap)
- Mutants (Main story and recap)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Upper New York Bay (Main story and recap)
- New Attilan (Main story and recap)
- Bronx (Main story and recap)
- Upper New York Bay (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Far Edge of the Galaxy (Main story and recap)
- Unidentified secret prison facility (Main story and recap)
- Hell (Invoked)
- Battleworld (Main story and recap)
Items:
- Black Bolt's Suit (Main story and recap)
- Mjolnir (Main story and recap)
- Absorbing Man's Ball and Chain (Main story and recap)
- Spider-Man's Suit (Main story and recap)
- Captain America's Uniform (Main story and recap)
- Captain America's Shield (Main story and recap)
- Doctor Doom's Armor (Main story and recap)
- Wrecker's Crowbar (Main story and recap)
- Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (Main story and recap)
- Wolverine's Suit (Main story and recap)
- Iron Man Armor (Main story and recap)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
MAN TO MAN!
• When their prison break ends in catastrophe, Black Bolt and the Absorbing Man are forced to confront their pasts – together.
• What makes a hero and a villain?
• When new hope comes from an unexpected source, Black Bolt faces a choice. What price will he pay for his freedom?